Surprisingly, I put a book that is not only recent, but that received popular and critical acclaim on my reading list. More surprisingly, I got around to reading it before too many years passed. Most surprisingly, I think it managed to live up to its hype.
Teaching Thinking, not Thoughts
Surely, it is no wonder that logic is not commonly implemented if we do not even prioritize or value it sufficiently to dedicate a single course to it.
Satyricon Review
I figured I would learn something about Nero’s Rome, which I suppose I did – I learned that it was remarkably vulgar and fixated on physical pleasures. Rarely have I found a book as discomfiting as I did Satyricon.
Ship in a Bottle Release and Author’s Note
I’m going to go ahead and say right now that you shouldn’t read this post until you’ve read Ship in a Bottle, because we’re going to spend almost the entire time talking about the ending.
Ignorance Review
Ignorance is adequate for introducing the topic, providing an idea of where the examination of ignorance sits in modern scholastic circles, but it fails to provide significant insights on the topic, and its author’s intellectual arrogance strikes a discordant, ironic note.
Impressions Update: Part One
Yes, I finished writing part one months ago, and yes, I keep you up to date on my progress through the weekly writing updates, but I wanted to share more in-depth thoughts about the writing process, the struggles and success, and the considerations that went into the first third(ish) of this novel.
Riddle-Master Review
Something about how the story is presented keeps the reader at a certain remove and dilutes the immediacy of the action, and that is why I struggled to engage with it, no matter how much I wanted to.
Fictional (Un)Just War Theory
A fantasy story I was reading recently which featured an alternative world setting and so forth, happened to mention war crimes. It presented this as natural and expected, except that the world-building did not support it.
Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire Review
From a scientific sense, though, there are far better means by which to learn about thermodynamics and the theory of heat engines.
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